Amos 7:2

And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the vegetation of ha'aretz, then I said: 1 O Adonoi Hashem, forgive, I beseech thee; 1 how shall Ya'akov survive? For he is katon. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

In Context

1Thus hath Adonoi Hashem showed unto me; and, hinei, He formed locusts in the beginning of the springing up of the second crop; and, hinei, it was the second crop after the mowing of the melech.

3Hashem relented for this: 1 It shall not be, saith Hashem.

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Cross References

Exodus 10:15For they covered the kol ha'aretz, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat kol esev ha'aretz, and kol p'ri haetz which the barad had left as remnant; and there remained not any yerek baetz, or in the esev hasadeh, through kol Eretz Mitzrayim.

Exodus 34:9And he said, If now I have found chen in Thy sight, Adonoi, let Adonoi, now, go among us; although it is an Am Kesheh Oref; and forgive avoneinu and chattateinu, and take us for Thine nachalah.

Numbers 14:19Selach (forgive!), I beseech thee, the avon of this people according unto the greatness of Thy chesed, just as Thou hast forgiven this people, from Mitzrayim even until now.

Psalms 44:24Awake. Why sleepest Thou, Adonoi? 1 Arise, cast us not off lanetzach (forever). 1

Isaiah 51:19These two are come upon thee. 1 Who shall grieve for thee? 1 Shod and shever and ra'av (famine) and cherev; 1 with whom shall I console thee? 1

Jeremiah 14:20We acknowledge, Hashem, our wickedness, 1 and the avon Avoteinu; 1 for we have sinned against Thee. 1

Matthew Henry on Amos 7:2-10

Intercession for Israel; Ruin of Israel Foretold. ( b. c. 785.) 1 Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings. 2 And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord God , forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. 3 The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, saith the Lord . 4 Thus hath… Read the whole commentary →

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